Underplayed Gems

Finch (2021)

Finch poster
Directed by
Miguel Sapochnik
Genre
drama film, science fiction film, road movie, post-apocalyptic film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 4,056 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An aging inventor raises a dog in a desolate future where most of humanity is gone. Knowing he will not live much longer, he builds a robot to care for the dog after his death. The three of them set out on a road trip across a barren landscape.

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What happens

Finch is a 2021 American post-apocalyptic survival film directed by Miguel Sapochnik and written by Craig Luck and Ivor Powell. The film stars Tom Hanks and Caleb Landry Jones. The story follows an aging man named Finch, a survivor in a nearly uninhabitable Earth, who builds and teaches a robot to take care of his dog when he dies. The film was announced as BIOS in October 2017. Filming took place throughout New Mexico and in Toronto from February to May 2019. The film was scheduled to be released in theaters in the United States by Universal Pictures on October 2, 2020, but was delayed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was retitled Finch, sold to Apple TV+, and was released on November 5, 2021. The film received lukewarm reviews from critics, with praise given to Hanks' performance, the visuals, and overall charm, but criticism for its lack of originality and innovation within the post-apocalypse genre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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